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India boat capsizes on Assam river with many missing India boat capsizes on Assam river with up to 50 missing
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A crowded boat has capsized on a river in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, with many people missing and feared dead, officials say. As many as 50 people may have drowned after an overcrowded river boat with engine trouble hit a bridge and capsized in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, officials say.
The motorised boat, which was carrying people to a boat race, sank on the Kolohi river in Kamrup district. Survivors said more than 20 passengers were trapped below deck. Those on board were on their way to a boat race.
It is not clear how many people were on board, with local reports varying from between 50 and 200. The motorised boat sank on the Kolohi river in Kamrup district.
Many people managed to swim to safety, but at least 20 remain missing, reports say. Many of at least 150 passengers on board managed to swim to safety against strong river currents, reports say.
Locals quoted by The Sentinel newspaper said that teams from the National Disaster Rescue Force and State Disaster Rescue Force were only able to reach the scene of the accident three hours after it happened.
The Kolohi is a tributary of the Brahmaputra River, which has been flowing much faster than usual because of recent monsoon rains.
The boat sank in part of the river not far from the city of Guwahati.